Congratulations to our new graduates — there are several noteworthy SCU seniors doing the mile procession through campus today who have spent time with us in A&SC, and we couldn’t be happier for them. Good luck and congratulations Claire, Ellie, Presley, Trizha, Zachary, Sandra, Ryan, Sean, and Jesi and all the other seniors we’ve worked with this year! Whether you worked with us in the department or learned skills and consulted materials integral to your research projects with us, we wish the best to the class of ‘21! (And if you want to stay on our email list, sign-up with your alumni or personal email address 😊)
Congratulations are also in order to SCU staff and faculty for making it through a strange and long school year. We hope you get all your grading done swiftly and can enjoy some R&R before embarking on summer research projects. Gratitude to all the amazing faculty we’ve worked with this year. Keep reading further down to see a recap of our instruction program for ‘20-’21.
Archives & Special Collections Re-Opening July 12
We are proud to announce we will make research appointments available to SCU-affiliated researchers beginning July 12, 2021. An SCU affiliate is defined as a recent grad (class ‘21), current student, and staff and faculty. We hope to open to external researchers and alumni in September.
Research appointments are available 12 noon - 5 pm Monday - Friday and can be booked for any length of time within that 5 hour window, with a mandatory break every 2 hours.
To book a research appointment, email SpecialCollections@scu.edu
SCU Awards and Medals
To celebrate the class of 2021, we have a new blog post exploring the history of the St. Clare and Nobili medals, replete with photos of medals from the SCU Artifact Collection. Shout-out to Briahna Jackson, winner of the 2021 St. Clare Medal, and Alexander Quan, winner of the 2021 Nobili Medal. Congratulations on your accomplishments and best wishes for your future — SCU is proud to call you alumni.
New Scholarly Article: “Men in Black: Jesuits in Mystery Fiction”
External researcher Judith Rock wrote this article after utilizing the SCU Jesuits in Fiction Collection in the course of her research. It is available in the open access publication Journal of Jesuit Studies. Congratulations Judith — we hope to welcome you back in person in the not too distant future.
SCU in Quarantine: Our Pandemic Stories
As you may remember from our last newsletter, we have been collecting stories from the SCU community to preserve people’s experiences during COVID-19. Our spring quarter push is wrapping up and we are proud to share many moving stories from our colleagues and students.
Check them out in the Browse Stories section of the project website, and if you haven’t yet, go ahead and submit your story!
Instruction Stats for ‘20-’21
Archives & Special Collections librarians provided 47 sessions for classes and interacted with over 700 (non-unique) students this year — all online! Many thanks to our amazing faculty collaborators who keep entrusting us with learning experiences for their students. See more details in the infographic below.
From the Blog, Arthur’s Attic
Revisiting Californio Students: Jesús María Estudillo
What happened to Jesús María Estudillo, a Californio and former student of SCC? A&SC research assistant Trizha Aquino ‘21 follows up on her previous blog post about Hispanic students at Santa Clara College during the 19th century by examining Estudillo’s trajectory during the tumultuous period of California’s assimilation to Euro-American values and statehood.